Chuxian-Quanjiao, Longpan Formation (Cambrian of China)

Where: Anhui, China (32.3° N, 118.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.9° N, 149.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Longpan Formation, Paibian (497.0 - 494.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• grey, pale grey and purplish red, medium to massive laminated limestones, with dolomitic and argillaceous limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: Y. Lu and Z. Zhu. 1980. Cambrian trilobites from Chuxian-Quanjiao region, Anhui. Memoirs of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology 16:1-38 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127475: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Obolus sp.
Obolus sp. Eichwald 1829
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Pseudagnostus sp.
Pseudagnostus sp. Jaekel 1909
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Homagnostus sp.
Homagnostus sp. Howell 1935
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Proceratopyge chuhsiensis, Proceratopyge sp.
Proceratopyge sp. Wallerius 1895 trilobite
 Lichida - Damesellidae
Bergeronites sp., Bergeronites langyashanensis n. sp.
Bergeronites sp. Sun 1937 trilobite
Bergeronites langyashanensis n. sp. Lu and Zhu 1980 trilobite